The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-02
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Old Scotch Game Of
Curling
RAPIDLY GROWING IN FAVOR.
a Winter Sport Which is Becoming
National-SPOrtiDg Notes From
Various Quarters.
ToBoGGANING.
Cn1cAeo, December q, 1885.

Christmas Day festivities of 1886 ar
now registered with events OF the past
but the magnificent fall of snow which
the worlds great holiday brought t,
Chicago will result in prolongation o
the winter sports and outdoor Decem
Der pastimes, which promises to keel
the New York of the West in on,
ecstatic Whirl OF winter carnival TO
many days to come, provided, o
course, the present visitation of zer'
weather continues. Not before within
the memory of the oldestlnhabitant ha.
Chicago enjoyed so delightful Christ
mas as the one just passed. The
weather was comparatively warm in
the morning, grew rapidly colder
and shortly after noon the snow
began to descend heavily in fine
flakes which presage heavy fall. The
freezing surface of the road-beds I'M
derneeth formed an excellent surface
for the descending flakes, and by 3
O'Clock the boulevards began TO take on
an air of life under the hoof beats of
speedy horses and the jingle OF the
sleigh bells. By $50 gaIly costumed
parties emerged from residences upon
the south and west sides of the city,
and wendell their way to the toboggan
slides, many pulling their toboggans
after them. By o'clock the runways
of the great slide OF the Chicago ball
mark were crowded. as were also those
of every slide in the CITY,. both public
and private. 1t only required the gilt
4lo oYooFrin liuhfS RI Ia n
scene the more brilliant, and this was not
wanting when darkness came. Fromsum-
NIT to base the ice-covered slides were
by half-past seven in the evening bril-
Gantly Illuminated by powerful arc
burners, and beneath the light shed by
these the Tobogganists shot downward
yDon their irail looking conVeyances,
and then trudged merrily up the hill
laughing and chatting as they went.
NoOne is now considered Tobogganist
fnless he or she make their appearance
anon the slide in full TobOggan costume.
The result is that the demand for cos
tumes of late has been greater than
0ur. sporting goods houses could &C
commodate, and that the nightly scenes
upon the city's principal slides are
brilliant almost beyond the power of
description. The fAvorite costumes for
ladies seem TO be a bright scarlet or
blue, the tuque being dainty made,
so that it can be worn over the head
without appearing cumbersome. A
woman dressed in a skIllfully made
toboggan suit, and ready for the
slide, Is certainly an irresistibly
pretty object to look upon, and as
is no reason why every girl upon q to-
boggan slide should not look as pretty
rs a toboggan costume can make her
AS a rule, ladies prefer to purchas.
their own blankets and have their COS
tunes made by their makers, or
make them themselves. A double blan-
Net in solid or variegated colorS costs |
from 81 to SIS and there Is of course a |
discount from these prices when an en- |
tire club orders. The sash, tuqUe, and |
moccasins are the only other Articles
necessary, and these will aggregate per-
haps$6 or IS more The gentlemen's |
costumes run in price from $12 to 81
and q very good costume can be pro-
cured for say SIS or sis complete. There,
of course, Is the additional cx
pense of the toboggan, which aver
ages about SO. The scene upon a slide
in full blast, with one hundred or more
beautifully costumed tobogganists con-
stantly moving up and down the incline
Nn6er the brilliant lights. can perhaps
be better imagined than described
When the first slide (that at the ball
park was opened here, many was the
timld maiden-and | may truthfully
Sdd, young man-Who declared they
could never be induced to trust them
selves upon tobaggan, But after the
FIRST feeling of fear has been overcome,
the timid onlooker becomes, as rule,
the most enthusiastic -tobOgganist, and |
may be seen almost any and every
night upon the slide. Chicago has |
the craze bsdly, and slides are being
erected in all sections IF the CITY and |
throughout the suburbs. Throughout |
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, and |
eVenfTOm PARKWAY Nebraska and Da-
kotSorders are coming to our repre-
sentative sporting goods houses from |
clubs and individuals for toboggsn out
fits and reports of newly erec ed slides |
are almost daily recorded in The press
OF our morning papers |
Verify when Americans take hold of |
any thing, they take hold oil it with
rush.
b BASE BALL.
Admirers of the Chicago club have
been glad at the information that |
Frank Flint, ''Old Silver, has signed
to.catch ball with the White Stockings
sor another year. Flint's main fault
for two years past has been his fondness
fpr Jolly companions and the fowir g
bowl, but it would be hard TO find a
nan i'll Chic ago who would declare
himself other than pleased with old
Silyer's announced determination TO
brace up and play good bali next
Sc ason.
The latest rumor in the form of a SEN
sation in ba all circles is to the
effect that a strong stock company is
BENZ formed at Indianapolis with a
view to the purchase of the Kansas City
Hubs franchise, and that after pur-
chasing the best material now in the
ranks of the Maroons, they will make
application with the certainty of being
.dmitted) to the League A stock COM
)any for this purpose has already been